Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Torres Strait Islands (Far North Queensland, Australia)
List of families for Torres Strait Islands
4 Families width 12 Species
Genera for Torres Strait Islands
12 Genera with 12 Species | Araneus Clerck, 1870 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argyrodes Simon, 1857 | Dewdrop spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Artifex Kallal & Hor..., 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclosa Menge, 1834 | Three-lobed Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1872 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1870 | Black widow spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesida Kulczynski, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Micropoltys Kulczyński, 2010 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1793 | Banana spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | Phonognatha Simon, 1894 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Poltys C. L. Koch, 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tenuiphantes Saaristo & T..., 1977 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Torres Strait Islands
12 Species | Araneus omoedus (Thorell, 1870) | ⇒ Gibbaranea omoeda Thorell, 1870 | | Argyrodes miniaceus (Doleschall, 1857) | ⇒ Argyrodes miltosus Zhu & Da-xia..., 1991 | | Artifex melanopyga L.Koch, 1871 | | | Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834) | ⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992 | | Gasteracantha sacerdotalis Ludwig Carl ..., 1872 | | | Latrodectus hasselti (Thorell, 1870) | ⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870 | | Mesida argentiopunctata Rainbow, 1916 | | | Micropoltys heatherae H.M. Smith &..., 2010 | | | Nephila antipodiana Walckenaer, 1842 | Batik Golden Orb Weaver | | Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793 | Giant golden orb weaver | | Poltys illepidus C. L. Koch, 1843 | | | Tenuiphantes jacksonoides van Helsdingen, 1977 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Torres Strait Islands | Family | Araneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders, Orb Weaver Spiders, Orb weavers, Orb-weaver spider, Orb-weaver spiders, Orb-weavers, Orb-Weaving Spider, Orbweavers, Typical Orb Weavers, Typical orb-weaver spiders | 6
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Linyphiidae
Blackwall, 1859
Dwarf spiders, Dwarf weavers, Lattice web spiders, Line Weavers, Line Weaving Spiders, Line-Weaving Spiders, Money Spider/Sheet Weaver, Money Spiders, Sheet weavers, Sheet web spider, Sheet-Web Spinners, Sheet-Web Weavers, Sheetweb And Dwarf Weavers, Sheetweb weavers | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Nesticidae
Simon, 1894
cave cobweb spider, Cave cobweb spiders, Comb-footed Cellar Spiders, Scaffold web spiders, Tangle web spiders | 0
0 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pimoidae
Wunderlich, 1986
Pimoid spiders | 0
0 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Tetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Horizontal Orb-Web Weavers, Large-Jawed Orb Weavers, Long jawed orb-weavers, Long jawed spiders, Long-jawed orb weavers, Long-Jawed Orbweavers, Long-Jawed Spiders, Longjawed Orb Weavers, Longjawed orbweavers, Stretch spider, Thick-Jawed Spiders | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Theridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders, Cobweb weavers, Comb-footed spiders, Combfooted Spiders, Scaffold web spider, Scaffolding-Web Spiders, Tangle-web spiders, Theridiids | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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